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Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders Ronald Bartle

Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders By Ronald Bartle

Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders by Ronald Bartle


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One of the most infamous cases in criminal history having spawned songs, plays and media speculation. It also ranks as one of the most puzzling. Having been acquitted of the axe murders of both her parents, Borden then returned home and carried on as before only to be roundly ostracised by the stoutly religious local community.

Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders Summary

Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders by Ronald Bartle

The case of Lizzie Bordon is one of the most infamous in criminal history having spawned songs, plays and media speculation. It also ranks as one of the most puzzling. Having been acquitted of the axe murders of both her parents, Borden then returned home and carried on as before only to be roundly ostracised by the stoutly religious local community. Prosecutors never charged anyone else. Here, author Ronald Bartle revisits events in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1892. He explains how her answers to police questions were at times strange and contradictory and her accounts often bizarre. With so many pointers to her involvement in the killings her trial has been compared to that of O J Simpson in the modern day. Whatever the justice of the situation, no-one wanted to see a woman hanged. The case is immortalised in legal folklore as well as the children's skipping rhyme:Lizzie Borden took an axeAnd gave her mother forty whacks.When she saw what she had done,She gave her father forty-one.A refreshing account of a very famous case. Contains legal and other analysis. A fly-on-the-wall view of the nineteenth century USA justice system. A true story that reads like a thriller.From the text: The essence of the prosecution case in the Borden trial is simply: If Lizzie didn't do it who else could have done? But when that is the proposition before a jury trying a defendant who enjoys from start to finish the presumption of innocence that is not enough...There is a difference between feeling certain that the defendant is guilty-and the sufficiency of the evidence to prove it. The method of criminal trial in Anglo-American jurisprudence is weighted in favour of the defendant...But as a system of justice it is, like democracy, though imperfect, better than all the others.

About Ronald Bartle

Ronald Bartle was Deputy Chief Stipendiary Magistrate (now District Judge) for Inner London. His books include The Telephone Murder: The Mysterious Death of Julia Wallace (2012); The Police Witness: A Guide to Presenting Evidence in Court (1984 onwards), Three Cases that Shook the Law (2016) and Bow Street Beak (Waterside Press edition 2016).

Table of Contents

Copyright and publication details; About the author; Acknowledgements; Dedication; Lizzie Borden in Popular Culture; Floorplans. 1.The Case Against Lizzie Borden; 2.The Background; 3.Before the Holocaust; 4.Lizzie's Visit to Alice; 5.The Inquest;6.The Scene is Set; 7.The Murder of Abby Borden; 8.The Murder of Andrew Borden; 9.The Evidence of Hannah Reagan; 10.The Blood Mystery; 11.The Murder Weapon; 12.The Burning of a Dress; 13.The Alibi; 14.The Exclusion of the Inquest Evidence; 15.The Exclusion of the Prussic Acid Evidence; 16.Lizzie's Failure to Give Evidence; 17.Closing Speeches and Charge to the Jury; 18.The Conclusion. Select Bibliography. Index.

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NLS9781909976436
9781909976436
1909976431
Lizzie Borden and the Massachusetts Axe Murders by Ronald Bartle
New
Paperback
Waterside Press
2017-05-10
200
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